The Nine Books Of The History Of Herodotus Vol 2 Of 2 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus, Vol. 2 of 2: Translated From the Text of the Rev. Thomas Gaisford, M.A., Regius Professor of Greek, With Notes Illustrative and Critical Eolians had no-greater claim to the land of Ilium than1 themselves, or any others of the Greeks, who had joined 95 Menelaus in revenging the rape of Helen - During the time the were at war, various kinds of events took place in the di erent engagements among others, Alcaeus the oet, in an action where the Athenians gained the day, saved is person by ight; but the Athenians got possession of his arms, which they hung up in, the temple of Minerva, at Sigeum. This adventure Alcaeus put in an ode, and sent it to Myti lene, in which he describes his misfortune to Melanippus, a friend of his. Periander, the son of Cypselus, reconciled the Mytilenians and Athenians; for both parties had referred to him as an um ire: he set them at peace by the following decision, name y, that each party should keep possession of the country they then had. Thus therefore Sigeum became 96 subject to the Athenians - Hippias, on his arrival from Lacedaemon into Asia, put ever thing in action, misrepre senting the Athenians to Artapliernes, and leaving nothing undone to bring Athens subject to himself and darius. Such accordingly were the actions of Hippias, and the_ Athenians being informed thereof, despatched ambassadors to Sardis, warning the Persians not to hearken to the emi rant Athe nians; but Artaphernes bade them, if they wishe to remain secure, to receive back Hippias: as the. Athenians therefore would not consent to the conditions reported to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."